Nelsan Ellis Age, Bio, Net worth, Kids, Profile | Contact ( Phone Number, Social Profiles, Postal Address) Lookup- Nelsan Ellis was an American Actor as well as a playwright. Ellis is best known for his role as Bobby Byrd in the 2014 movie Get On Up, he also famously played Lafayette Reynolds on HBO’s True Blood. Nelsan has acted in various movies such as “Lost, Trespass, Secretariat, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, The Butler, The Stanford Prison Experiment and Little Boxes” among others. He has won many awards like “Satellite Award, Ewwy Award, Scream Award and NewNowNext Awards” among others. Nelsan last appeared in the movie “True to the Game” which released in April 2017. Ellis died at the age of 39 on July 8, 2017, in Los Angeles, California, after complications from heart failure.